:00:00. > :00:08.In tonight's programme: From threats to kill,
:00:09. > :00:12.The extent of the verbal abuse ambulance call
:00:13. > :00:15.handlers are subjected to, and claims the law should be
:00:16. > :00:30.I don't give a bleep about those other people, the only people I care
:00:31. > :00:34.about is my daughter. Please stop swearing at me, I understand it is
:00:35. > :00:35.upsetting but I am only trying to help you.
:00:36. > :00:38.Also: trying to tackle the shortage of spaces.
:00:39. > :00:41.Plans are announced to build five new multi-storey car parks
:00:42. > :00:44.And later on, the small space showing new art
:00:45. > :00:57.There are claims the law needs to be tightened to protect 999 call
:00:58. > :01:00.handlers after a BBC investigation revealed the extent of abuse
:01:01. > :01:06.Call handlers working for South Central ambulance service
:01:07. > :01:09.have received threats to kill, as well as racist and sexist abuse.
:01:10. > :01:12.They say abuse from members of the public is part
:01:13. > :01:16.David Lumb's been to the service's main control room, and has
:01:17. > :01:24.There's nothing allocated yet because we are very busy.
:01:25. > :01:26.What do you mean there's nothing allocated yet?
:01:27. > :01:28.Just tell me and I'll take her to hospital myself
:01:29. > :01:35.Just a normal shift for 999 call-taker Josie Wass.
:01:36. > :01:38.The 22-year-old's been doing the job about a year and says she's
:01:39. > :01:44.Yes, I've been called the B-word and told to eff off
:01:45. > :01:48.and a few of the S-words thrown in there as well.
:01:49. > :01:53.Sometimes sexist, "Oh, you're just a woman.
:01:54. > :01:59.You're just sat there listening to them giving
:02:00. > :02:04.feel like you are the smallest person in the world,
:02:05. > :02:09.It just makes you feel very small and very useless
:02:10. > :02:13.The staff in this control room take more than 1,000 999 calls a day
:02:14. > :02:15.from across Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Berkshire
:02:16. > :02:19.At the minute I don't give a BLEEP about them other people,
:02:20. > :02:21.the only person I care about is my daughter.
:02:22. > :02:26.Sir, sir, sir, please stop swearing at me.
:02:27. > :02:28.I understand it's upsetting but I am only trying to
:02:29. > :02:34.Figures obtained by the BBC show call-takers in England,
:02:35. > :02:36.Wales and Scotland logged hundreds of abusive calls in three years.
:02:37. > :02:41.They include sexist and racist abuse, and even threats to kill.
:02:42. > :02:44.At the end of the day, workplace should be a safe
:02:45. > :02:47.You come to work to help people here, we should
:02:48. > :02:50.not have too put up with anybody talking to you like that.
:02:51. > :02:53.At the moment this kind of abuse is covered under
:02:54. > :02:56.2003 and the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
:02:57. > :03:00.Both carry a maximum sentence of six months.
:03:01. > :03:03.But the union Unison says it's not enough.
:03:04. > :03:05.It wants harsher penalties and a greater requirement
:03:06. > :03:11.The government do need to look at the law surrounding prosecuting
:03:12. > :03:15.people that have threatened and threats of violence.
:03:16. > :03:24.I don't think the law in itself is enough.
:03:25. > :03:29.It will send out a strong message to people that we take ambulance
:03:30. > :03:32.and NHS staff health and safety seriously and we will prosecute.
:03:33. > :03:34.A Government spokesman said sufficient laws were already
:03:35. > :03:52.For now it seems abusive calls will remain something
:03:53. > :04:01.David, just how widespread is this problem?
:04:02. > :04:02.Well, Geraldine, it's certainly not soemething that's
:04:03. > :04:07.I spoke to Ambulance Trusts across the UK and many of them
:04:08. > :04:09.reported this as a concern. Interestingly not all of them
:04:10. > :04:13.could give specific or significant statistics, I should say,
:04:14. > :04:17.but I think that may be reflective of the fact that a lot of workers
:04:18. > :04:23.The union Unite, as you heard in my report there, wants
:04:24. > :04:27.a specific law to tackle this, or at the very least
:04:28. > :04:28.harsher sentences to try and deter offenders.
:04:29. > :04:32.It also wants employers to have a greater requirement
:04:33. > :04:38.Self Central Ambulance says is takes these incidents very seriously.
:04:39. > :04:40.South Central Ambulance says is takes these
:04:41. > :04:45.It gave me a number of interesting examples,
:04:46. > :04:47.including one call handler who, would you believe, was accused
:04:48. > :04:51.It does encourage staff to report incidents.
:04:52. > :04:55.Police have launched a murder inquiry following the death
:04:56. > :04:56.of a woman in Ludgershall near Aylesbury.
:04:57. > :04:58.Samantha Blake-Mizen's body was found in a house
:04:59. > :05:01.A post mortem examination has revealed she died
:05:02. > :05:06.A 43-year-old from Thame has been arrested and is being questioned
:05:07. > :05:12.The singer George Michael died of natural causes,
:05:13. > :05:16.The star was found dead at his home in Goring
:05:17. > :05:17.in South Oxfordshire on Christmas Day.
:05:18. > :05:20.An initial investigation had failed to determine what led to his death.
:05:21. > :05:23.The coroner has now concluded George Michael died from heart
:05:24. > :05:25.disease and a fatty liver, and that any further
:05:26. > :05:33.A gay couple who were beaten up by a gang of men on a train
:05:34. > :05:35.from Reading say they're now afraid to travel by rail.
:05:36. > :05:38.It happened on Valentine's Day, with horrified passengers
:05:39. > :05:43.Images have now been released of the men that
:05:44. > :05:52.They knocked these two teeth down here out and I had a lot of bruising
:05:53. > :05:57.and cuts all around my face and Zbynek, you had
:05:58. > :06:01.a lot of bruising around the eyes and the head.
:06:02. > :06:06.Phil and his boyfriend Zbynek had fallen asleep on a train home
:06:07. > :06:09.after celebrating Valentine's Day in Reading, when they were set
:06:10. > :06:16.One guy just wake me up and say something nasty to us.
:06:17. > :06:23.I just said leave us alone and all the attack started.
:06:24. > :06:26.I think they didn't like me laying on Zbynek.
:06:27. > :06:31.I was laid over him I think that's what caused the issue.
:06:32. > :06:34.But I've never gotten a fight in my life so to suddenly be
:06:35. > :06:41.punched in the face, oh, I just want to think about it.
:06:42. > :06:43.Police have now released these images of four men
:06:44. > :06:46.they want to speak to in connection with the incident.
:06:47. > :06:49.They got off the train at Ealing Broadway moments
:06:50. > :06:53.Police say this was a prolonged, very nasty attack,
:06:54. > :06:55.which the victims believe would be motivated by homophobia.
:06:56. > :07:01.They say hate crime of this kind will absolutely not be tolerated
:07:02. > :07:06.and they are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.
:07:07. > :07:12.At the moment I'm just a bit scared to go on the evening train.
:07:13. > :07:15.You know, I try to have a look where I am sitting and who is coming.
:07:16. > :07:27.So many things in the world, bad things happening and why
:07:28. > :07:29.are picking on people because of their sexuality?
:07:30. > :07:32.I don't know, but I'm glad the police have got those images now
:07:33. > :07:35.because it makes people aware of what they look like,
:07:36. > :07:37.in case they see them, contact the police.
:07:38. > :07:39.Plans to build five multi-storey car-parks at hospitals in Oxford
:07:40. > :07:43.Patients and visitors currently face lengthy delays at peak times
:07:44. > :07:46.The car park plans have been revealed amidst discussions
:07:47. > :07:48.about radical changes to the NHS in Oxfordshire.
:07:49. > :07:52.Our political reporter Bethan Phillips has this report.
:07:53. > :07:55.Today was a chance for councillors and campaigners to put
:07:56. > :07:59.their concerns to health bosses about plans to save ?200 million
:08:00. > :08:05.One of the main worries to come up was parking.
:08:06. > :08:09.The plans include centralising some services in Oxford,
:08:10. > :08:11.including making a so-called downgrade of the maternity unit
:08:12. > :08:15.at Banbury's Horton hospital permanent, meaning women with higher
:08:16. > :08:18.risk pregnancies will have to go to the John Radcliffe.
:08:19. > :08:23.And that's with huge pressure on parking there already,
:08:24. > :08:25.with some patients missing appointments because they simply
:08:26. > :08:32.Today Chief Executive of Oxford University Hospitals,
:08:33. > :08:36.Dr Bruno Holthof, addressed these concerns, saying they want to treat
:08:37. > :08:39.more patients at home, and offer more outpatient
:08:40. > :08:41.appointments at the Horton hospital, which would help ease
:08:42. > :08:47.But he said the Trust was also set to put planning applications
:08:48. > :08:50.in for five multi-storey car parks in Oxford - two at the John
:08:51. > :08:53.Radcliffe, two at the Churchill and one at the Nuffield Orthopaedic
:08:54. > :08:57.That will be a relief to many patients who have struggled
:08:58. > :09:01.But it's unlikely to set the minds of campaigners here at ease,
:09:02. > :09:03.who have much wider concerns about the health plan,
:09:04. > :09:05.saying overall it will mean cuts and closures.
:09:06. > :09:08.A Labour councillor said today there simply wasn't a safe way
:09:09. > :09:11.to make ?200 million worth of savings to health
:09:12. > :09:24.And that was a sentiment echoed by protesters.
:09:25. > :09:31.in Oxfordshire is based on taking out ?200 million a year over the
:09:32. > :09:34.next few years, that is 20% of the budget, we all know that things are
:09:35. > :09:41.very pressured right now and people are on trolleys we have lost people
:09:42. > :09:44.who don't have enough hospital beds or GPs or nurses but what will
:09:45. > :09:47.happen when 20% of that is taken out? People will die.
:09:48. > :09:49.The Clinical Commissioning Group, which is the organisation behind
:09:50. > :09:51.this plan, insist it will mean better, joined -up services
:09:52. > :09:54.Today councillors decided they needed another meeting,
:09:55. > :09:56.and another chance to question health bosses about the plan.
:09:57. > :09:59.If their concerns aren't addressed, the plan could be referred
:10:00. > :10:03.An activity centre in Buckinghamshire which has helped
:10:04. > :10:04.thousands of disabled children has expanded.
:10:05. > :10:07.Thomley, in Worminghall, also supports parents and carers.
:10:08. > :10:13.A new pavilion will mean more performances to
:10:14. > :10:19.Watching them being drawn is a real treat.
:10:20. > :10:28.There's always some thing that you can find a way to what someone
:10:29. > :10:32.If you draw a dinosaur you've got somebody.
:10:33. > :10:37.Thomley was set up 15 years ago by a group of parents whose
:10:38. > :10:46.Children and teenagers from all over the country now come here.
:10:47. > :10:49.We get some children who have no disabilities and some that have
:10:50. > :10:53.clearly got a huge range of disabilities, for example
:10:54. > :10:56.they might be in a wheelchair full-time, they might be peg fed,
:10:57. > :10:59.and it's actually really beneficial for all the children that come
:11:00. > :11:01.here to learn about different types of abilities.
:11:02. > :11:04.Thomley is firmly established at a nine acre site in Worminghall.
:11:05. > :11:11.Visitors can get a bite to eat and enjoy all
:11:12. > :11:17.What we plan to use it for is putting on film shows,
:11:18. > :11:18.little theatre events, training events.
:11:19. > :11:28.So it is just providing all different opportunities
:11:29. > :11:31.for families to try something new, something different.
:11:32. > :11:34.Keeping Thomley going is a challenge.
:11:35. > :11:35.There's no government funding, and it costs more
:11:36. > :11:41.The good news is visitor numbers have shot up 80%
:11:42. > :11:55.The Olympic rower and chancellor of Oxford Brookes University,
:11:56. > :11:56.Katherine Grainger has become a Dame.
:11:57. > :11:58.She's been honoured at Buckingham Palace for her services
:11:59. > :12:02.Dame Grainger was the first British woman to win medals
:12:03. > :12:06.She has one gold and four silver medals, winning the last one in Rio.
:12:07. > :12:12.She's now retired from international rowing.
:12:13. > :12:14.The annual boat race is under a month away,
:12:15. > :12:16.and for Oxford preparations are underway in earnest.
:12:17. > :12:19.The team's taken to the water this morning
:12:20. > :12:27.We will have more from them tomorrow night.
:12:28. > :12:31.I'll have the headlines at 8.00pm and a full bulletin at 10.30pm.
:12:32. > :12:35.Now more of today's stories with Sally Taylor.
:12:36. > :12:52.And there are 80 art works on display in this very small space. In
:12:53. > :12:56.fact, it is so small, they call it the Tight Modern!
:12:57. > :12:59.There're fears the reopening of Reading's Edwardian swimming
:13:00. > :13:01.baths as an outside pool could be delayed, because the local
:13:02. > :13:03.sewer network might not be upgraded in time.
:13:04. > :13:05.Thames Water insists the sewers will be ready for the opening.
:13:06. > :13:08.But the man behind the ?3 million project says they've been
:13:09. > :13:16.Originally built for the ladies of Reading, King's Meadow baths
:13:17. > :13:24.But after a successful campaign to save them,
:13:25. > :13:26.Arne Ringmer and his team have been breathing new life into
:13:27. > :13:36.But the local sewerage system running through the park outside has
:13:37. > :13:45.a history of flooding and needs to a history of flooding and needs to
:13:46. > :13:51.be upgraded, just as the Thames Lido team wants to transform this into a
:13:52. > :13:56.landscaped park. Pathways, lighting, benches and that opportunities for
:13:57. > :14:01.the people of red and enjoy this section of the park. Hopefully it
:14:02. > :14:06.will open up the rest of the park. And the last thing I want is to have
:14:07. > :14:12.all of that team dug up again by Nu sewerage installation. So I am
:14:13. > :14:17.begging Thames water to come and activate this process now. They will
:14:18. > :14:19.have two years to do this process and they are dragging their feet and
:14:20. > :14:26.dragging their feet, saying next dragging their feet, saying next
:14:27. > :14:31.week, but nothing ever happens. Thames water declined our request
:14:32. > :14:35.for an interview but said that they would be walking a good distance
:14:36. > :14:39.away from the Lido. The sewerage network will be prepared in good
:14:40. > :14:43.time to the planned opening, but can be prepared at short notice, should
:14:44. > :14:53.be Lido open earlier than land. The park and lido must
:14:54. > :14:55.be finished and open by September at the very least,
:14:56. > :14:58.if this historic riverside gem is to star in the very first
:14:59. > :15:00.Thames Festival to celebrate Onto sport and it's a big
:15:01. > :15:04.Tuesday night of football Tony is at the Madejski stadium for
:15:05. > :15:08.Reading's game against Newcastle. But first tonight, Tony,
:15:09. > :15:11.tributes to a legendary athletics coach and a figure many of us
:15:12. > :15:30.here at the BBC knew very well, too. A lovely man. Yes, Mike Smith, at
:15:31. > :15:35.the age of 88, has passed away. He was a broadcaster with BBC local
:15:36. > :15:41.radio for more than 30 years. I have my own personal memories, I joined
:15:42. > :15:45.the BBC has a raw 21-year-old and the port me how to be calm in the
:15:46. > :15:49.fraught world of monthly broadcasting. He presented the
:15:50. > :15:53.non-league show and commentated on football on local radio for many
:15:54. > :15:57.years. He will be best remembered as an athletics coach guiding the
:15:58. > :15:59.careers of some of the greatest sprint athletes Great Britain has
:16:00. > :16:06.ever seen on track and field, leaving a lasting legacy. Here is
:16:07. > :16:10.Steve Humphrey. When you are sprinter, 21, 22 is not passed. He
:16:11. > :16:15.was the athletics coach with the Midas touch. Mike Smith turned
:16:16. > :16:20.talented runners into Olympic, world and Commonwealth champions. Amongst
:16:21. > :16:27.them, Roger Black, Chris Akabusi and Iwan Thomas. Everything I have in my
:16:28. > :16:35.life is because of Mike. All of the good memories I have from athletics,
:16:36. > :16:38.Mike was by my side. Today, he left flowers in Mike's memory at least
:16:39. > :16:43.without an athletics track where the master coach prepared is at to
:16:44. > :16:47.an old teacher. And he was very an old teacher. And he was very
:16:48. > :16:56.strict with his training. And that is exactly what I needed.
:16:57. > :17:00.First-time... He cheered on Iwan in the 1988 Commonwealth Games from the
:17:01. > :17:04.BBC studio in Southampton. Come on, you've done it, you've done it! He
:17:05. > :17:10.said success was based on simple ingredients. They can do repeat runs
:17:11. > :17:17.and repeat runs and get iron hard bit. It is iron hard fitness, hard
:17:18. > :17:21.work in the gymnasium and so on. He created an environment where many
:17:22. > :17:24.talented athletes, not just Olympic athletes but club athletes came
:17:25. > :17:27.together in the power of the group, and under his guidance, worked
:17:28. > :17:33.incredibly hard and then ran fast. If I hadn't met Mike Smith I would
:17:34. > :17:38.not have been a world-class quarter-mile runner. He said, if you
:17:39. > :17:43.want to run fast, you have got to run fast! And he made me run fast.
:17:44. > :17:48.For many years, Mike was an important part of the BBC radio
:17:49. > :17:52.Solent sports team. One of those people who had a real genuine love
:17:53. > :17:56.of sport. Like all of the freelance staff who are so important to the
:17:57. > :18:01.programme, he did it for what it meant, not for the money, and he did
:18:02. > :18:04.it very well. In a statement, Mike Smith's family said that the
:18:05. > :18:08.88-year-old had "Crossed the finishing line" last Sunday. He
:18:09. > :18:19.Talent plus hard work is a recipe Talent plus hard work is a recipe
:18:20. > :18:23.for success. A fine man, Mike Smith. Condolences to his family. I know
:18:24. > :18:27.that Mike is watching now and he's saying, come on, Husband, get on
:18:28. > :18:39.with the sport. Tonight, Reading take on the leaders, Newcastle. It
:18:40. > :18:45.has been a good week for their opponents. 11 games to go now and
:18:46. > :18:52.in the hunt for promotion to the in the hunt for promotion to the
:18:53. > :18:56.Premier League? Let's bring in our BBC radio Berkshire presenter. This
:18:57. > :19:01.is a massive one. I am nervous. The players will be nervous. We have the
:19:02. > :19:04.best on show, championship leaders Newcastle, they have won seven and
:19:05. > :19:10.drawn three. Reading have won nine of their last 11 matches here on the
:19:11. > :19:15.me. Lots of Reading families expect me. Lots of Reading families expect
:19:16. > :19:21.Newcastle to win, W but I don't think like that at all. Jaap Stam is
:19:22. > :19:24.tempering expectations. This is better than everyone expected
:19:25. > :19:30.Reading Doody. Everyone knows that he has done a brilliant job.
:19:31. > :19:33.Overachieving. Leeds, Reading and Huddersfield are overachieving being
:19:34. > :19:39.continue. You have a statistic about continue. You have a statistic about
:19:40. > :19:46.refereed Newcastle twice this season refereed Newcastle twice this season
:19:47. > :19:49.and they won those games 6-0, 4-0. A week ago we mentioned that Brighton
:19:50. > :19:53.were top of the table and things were looking good. Tonight they are
:19:54. > :19:57.facing rock bottom Rotherham and they know that they have fallen off
:19:58. > :20:01.the pace of Newcastle as they try to stay in that second automatic
:20:02. > :20:06.promotion spot. Chris Hughton is without Shane Duffy who's had foot
:20:07. > :20:07.surgery. He will miss six weeks. A big game for brighten up in
:20:08. > :20:09.Yorkshire. The Kassam Stadium hosts a big game
:20:10. > :20:12.in League One tonight. Oxford United host
:20:13. > :20:14.the leaders Sheffield United. There's full commentary
:20:15. > :20:18.on BBC Radio Oxford. Meanwhile Portsmouth are in action
:20:19. > :20:24.tonight in League Two. Last night the club's
:20:25. > :20:30.community work was recognised in parliament, with the award
:20:31. > :20:37.of the Football League's Checkatrade Community Club of the Year
:20:38. > :20:39.for the south-west region. On the field, matters
:20:40. > :20:40.are pretty serious now. A trip to Crawley
:20:41. > :20:42.tonight, and fifth-placed
:20:43. > :20:43.Pompey need to bounce back after two home games
:20:44. > :20:52.which produced only a point. We want to do our best and get
:20:53. > :20:55.promoted. But you bring that type of stuff on yourself. We backed
:20:56. > :21:00.ourselves and we know that we can keep going. We believe in one other
:21:01. > :21:05.and you want to show people, but we needed a performance and we are
:21:06. > :21:11.it. These final Tuesdays of the it. These final Tuesdays of the
:21:12. > :21:13.season as we get into the running are super Tuesdays. Lots of
:21:14. > :21:20.ramifications for the league tables tonight. We will wrap it all up in
:21:21. > :21:24.our update at 10:30pm. Reading against Newcastle beer, Brighton on
:21:25. > :21:26.the road at Rotherham and other important matches in League 1 and
:21:27. > :21:30.two. If no-one sees your artwork,
:21:31. > :21:33.are you still an artist? Many people with disabilities
:21:34. > :21:34.struggle to get recognition Now a pop-up exhibition
:21:35. > :21:38.the Aspex Gallery in Portsmouth is challenging that with a display
:21:39. > :21:52.by artists whose work You have heard of the Tate Modern,
:21:53. > :21:58.this is the Tight Modern. 86 pieces of art is squeezed into the world's
:21:59. > :22:02.smallest pop-up gallery, or by artists who often go unseen. They
:22:03. > :22:04.have social issues, disabilities, and perhaps have not had an
:22:05. > :22:10.opportunity to show their artwork in this way. Lots of people beaver away
:22:11. > :22:15.and nobody but their family and closest friends get to see the work.
:22:16. > :22:18.But many artists, in order to flourish, need to put their work out
:22:19. > :22:28.there in the wider world. It symbolises the way that it had gone
:22:29. > :22:35.through the city and out onto the motorway and then arriving. This
:22:36. > :22:38.piece, the 700, chart is a journey from Portsmouth to the arts centre
:22:39. > :22:45.in Emsworth, a simple trip for some, a huge undertaking for him, as is
:22:46. > :22:54.having his work on display. I use the art as my therapy to get over my
:22:55. > :22:57.ME, and it pushes me to produce the work, and being at this exhibition
:22:58. > :23:03.and into the previews, it just pushes me that little step, it gives
:23:04. > :23:05.me that carrot to get it. And there's a precedent for work shown
:23:06. > :23:10.at the Aspex Gallery to reach a wider audience. The Aspex Gallery
:23:11. > :23:15.has supported local artists for 35 years, some of whom have gone on to
:23:16. > :23:20.display at the Tate Modern and other galleries. Let's hope at the artists
:23:21. > :23:23.on display here today can go on to do the same. The pop-up is in place
:23:24. > :23:30.until next month, opening the door for little-known artists. A lot of
:23:31. > :23:32.talent there. It is definitely worth a look.
:23:33. > :23:34.Onto the weather now and Sarah Farmer will be
:23:35. > :23:37.here with the forecast in just a moment.
:23:38. > :23:39.The sun was shining earlier today - but it seems a cold front
:23:40. > :23:41.has descended on Portsmouth this evening.
:23:42. > :23:53.It has been a glorious day across the south of the day. There's a bit
:23:54. > :23:55.of a chill in the air at Southsea. There is a special performance
:23:56. > :23:59.running at the King 's Theatre all week. They are going to have a
:24:00. > :24:03.specially destructed ice Rink on the stage. An extreme setup for an
:24:04. > :24:09.extraordinary performance and the producer joins me now, Julian. What
:24:10. > :24:17.agreement set up. We're excited to be here in Southsea. And it has been
:24:18. > :24:21.pretty to get the logistics setup. Yes, it has not been the easiest.
:24:22. > :24:31.One of the biggest headaches is this stage, which is raked, so we had to
:24:32. > :24:35.get a specialist team to produce a scaffolding platform. It has been an
:24:36. > :24:39.interesting few days. But we are ready for the opening night tonight.
:24:40. > :24:47.As well as the practical challenges you are going all out with planes,
:24:48. > :24:50.with acrobatics. Yes, we will be going to set fire to the ice rink at
:24:51. > :24:54.some point. We don't want to give too much away. You will have to pop
:24:55. > :24:58.down to the King 's Theatre to see us, hopefully enjoy the show. It
:24:59. > :25:04.promises to be a terrific performance. As you raise your
:25:05. > :25:06.garden tomorrow morning, the curtain will be going up here at half past
:25:07. > :25:37.seven so you need to be clear. Wow! Is she good or a see good? And
:25:38. > :25:41.she is here. Not too far to go. Not so much of a frosty forecast for
:25:42. > :25:45.today. We have some above average temperatures to look forward to in
:25:46. > :25:49.the coming days. It's going to be a beautiful -- it has been a beautiful
:25:50. > :25:53.day today with lovely, sunny spells. The cloud beginning to picking
:25:54. > :25:58.through the afternoon. Then we have rain arriving later on this evening
:25:59. > :26:03.and tonight. About ten o'clock we will see that band of rain working
:26:04. > :26:07.its way in from the West. Outbreaks of drizzle, then some heavier pulses
:26:08. > :26:11.will tend to come and go. Not with will tend to come and go. Not with
:26:12. > :26:16.us consistently but there will be some downpours through the overnight
:26:17. > :26:20.period. Temperatures around six Celsius but climbing through the
:26:21. > :26:26.overnight period, so by dawn, temperatures up towards around 10
:26:27. > :26:29.Celsius. So are mild, I'll damn, dreary start tomorrow. Looks like we
:26:30. > :26:33.will have that rain coming and going through the course of the day. And
:26:34. > :26:37.easing away through the afternoon. The northern part of the region seen
:26:38. > :26:42.the best of any dry weather. Limited brightness on offer. You might just
:26:43. > :26:46.catch a glamour to the north of our patch. Temperatures around 12, 13,
:26:47. > :26:50.so above where they would normally be for this time of year. Tomorrow
:26:51. > :26:54.night we will see further rainfall for southern parts once more.
:26:55. > :26:58.Probably not quite as heavy as through the course of the night. But
:26:59. > :27:02.there will be the odd burst here and there. Overnight we will see
:27:03. > :27:07.temperatures down to around eight Celsius. Through the course of the
:27:08. > :27:14.day on Thursday, a quieter day with things settling down. The best of
:27:15. > :27:19.any brightness to the north of the M4 corridor. A largely dry day but
:27:20. > :27:22.we could see one or two bits and pieces of drizzle. Here is your
:27:23. > :27:27.summary for the next few days. Outbreaks of rain through much of
:27:28. > :27:32.tomorrow. Some good brightness further north, but cloudy for
:27:33. > :27:40.Thursday. Some drizzle for Friday and showers at the weekend. Thank
:27:41. > :27:47.you very much, Sarah. Tomorrow, of course, the Budget, and we explore
:27:48. > :27:48.ancient Rome through a model created by Reading University. Good